Clear your calendar - It's going down! Text Blocks kicks off on June 24th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

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Clear your calendar - It's going down! Text Blocks kicks off on June 24th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

Ready

To Go

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Text Blocks kicks off on June 24th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

You're invited to take part in this Earth Day event of panels, market, workshops and networking with stakeholders from academia, international agencies, NGOs, and ecological businesses who are working for a sustainable future.

Come in to start the day and get your gift bag full of vouchers and discounts from green businesses around the city

10:00am

keynote: Art and Environmental Action

How to use art for getting information out to people. Rasmus Degnbol is currently working on air pollution project, where he uses cross disciplinary skills, mixing academics with artistic vision, and trying to visualize the invisible but deadly particles.

10:45AM

break

Check out Rasmus Degnbol's exhibition and try new products to help you make a change @Eco-Market

11:00AM

Panel: Global Environmental Action

What actions are being taken, the Paris agreement, how it's affected by changes in world leadership, and China's role

12:00pM

Lunch break

Use those fresh new business cards, while trying food from local businesses @Eco-Market

01:00PM

Panel: Green businesses

Why and How? Get answers from business leaders in different fields

02:00pm

Break

Make friends. Have ideas. Try different products. @Eco-Market

02:15pM

Panel: What to do now?

Learn how to get involved in orgaznizations in China and how to make a change through your personal life

Opening of solo exhibition by Rasmus Degnbol: a new body of works on hazardous small air-pollution particles.

Rasmus is an award-winning documentary photographer, author and filmmaker, focusing on new age storytelling.

He is a masterclass mentee at the world-renowned VII Photo Agency in New York (2014-15). His project Europe’s New Borders is no on view at NYU Shanghai Art Gallery until May 30.

Panelists

Global Environmental Action

Talya Enriquez Romano, COO at SLoCaT:

A strong believer of the importance of civil society movement in creating sustainable change in the world; and for the past 10 years she has worked in local start-up and multinational NGOs in Istanbul, New York and Shanghai to build a more sustainable.

Maoliang Bu, Nanjing University professor:

An Associate Professor at Nanjing University, School of Business, and Adjunct Professor at Hopkins-Nanjing Center (Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies). His research is mainly on globalization and environmental sustainability.

Zhenzhen Xu, AWS director:

Asia Pacific Director of Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS). AWS is a global NGO-based in UK and Australia-that works with companies and governments throughout the world to improve company water use.

Green Businesses

Lindsey Fine, founder of Happy Buddha:

Between running Happy Buddha, her vegetarian restaurant, making and selling Serenity Seitan, a high protein meat substitute, and launching a vegan ice cream line, Lindsey makes creations that answer any lingering cravings someone on a challenging diet might experience

Christina Freddie, founder Goma Greens:

Christina is committed to bring healthy vegetables to Shanghai families, while at the same time supporting the small farmers that supply the produce. She has been working with Corporate Social Responsibility for a global healthcare company for more than 13 years.

Heather Kaye, co-founder of Finch Designs:

FINCH eco-swimwear is made responsibly in China exclusively from Repreve recycled PET bottles. Recognized for their signature prints, FINCH has become a premium resource for the eco-conscious consumer. Heather is a graduate of Harvard University (AB '96) and Parsons School of Design (AAS '99).

Yifei Zhang, SynTao

Although joined SynTao very recently, Yifei has been working on environmental issues for long time. He has been working for WWF for almost 10 yrs, and now working at SynTao Green Finance to provide Socially responsible investment (SRI) services.

What to do now?

Nitin Dani, founder of Green Initiatives:

An architect by profession and an environmentalist at heart. Nitin co-founded e8 Resources, an entrepreneurial venture facilitating clean technology solutions for the Chinese market, while also co-founding Green Initiatives (formerly “Green Drinks China”).

Wuding, founder of Veggie Dorm:

The founder of Shanghai’s environmental and plant-based health education organization Veggie Dorm, which hosts roughly 100 other events each year. While Veggie Dorm focuses on global ideals, he believes in a connection between their dietary ethics and Chinese traditions.

Alizée, founder of Zero Waste Shanghai:

Alizée thrives to offer easy tools and solutions to help people who want to reduce their carbon footprint. She's currently a researcher in Circular Economy, and she holds an MSc in Luxury and Design Management with a specialization in Sustainable Design and Management solutions.

Zero Waste Workshop

Starting your own business and picking the right niche in no time

Being 'Zero Waste' means that you reduce the waste you send to landfill, and consequently, your impact on your health and the environment. Getting into this lifestyle is not easy, especially in China. However, Zero Waste Shanghai helps you by teaching hands on how to do it.

The workshops last about 1 hour, and at the end you will go home with hand made toothpaste, face wash and face mask that are natural, good for you and the environment.

Zero Waste Shanghai brings all the materials. You just bring yourself!

Jointly established by New York University and East China Normal University, NYU Shanghai is the third degree-granting campus in NYU’s global network. It is also the first Sino-US joint venture university approved by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China with independent legal person status. NYU Shanghai exemplifies the highest ideals of contemporary higher education by uniting the intellectual resources of New York University’s global network with the multidimensional richness of China.

The environmental and sustainability organization of NYU Shanghai- Green Shanghai is a platform for student, faculty, and any community member to learn more about current global environmental issues and the sustainable available solutions. With events including lectures, workshops and community service, Green Shanghai raises the awareness for environmental problems and encourages its members to take an active part in creating the change they want to see.

GoGreen Week is an NYU Shanghai student-led initiative that aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and sustainable solutions, and inspire others to take action, through a variety of events covering animal protection, ecological businesses, environmental NGOs, food production, and sustainable development.The initiative started at NYU Shanghai in 2015 and now is happening in NYU campuses around the world.

Jointly established by New York University and East China Normal University, NYU Shanghai is the third degree-granting campus in NYU’s global network. It is also the first Sino-US joint venture university approved by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China with independent legal person status. NYU Shanghai exemplifies the highest ideals of contemporary higher education by uniting the intellectual resources of New York University’s global network with the multidimensional richness of China.

The environmental and sustainability organization of NYU Shanghai- Green Shanghai is a platform for student, faculty, and any community member to learn more about current global environmental issues and the sustainable available solutions. With events including lectures, workshops and community service, Green Shanghai raises the awareness for environmental problems and encourages its members to take an active part in creating the change they want to see.

GoGreen Week is an NYU Shanghai student-led initiative that aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and sustainable solutions, and inspire others to take action, through a variety of events covering animal protection, ecological businesses, environmental NGOs, food production, and sustainable development.The initiative started at NYU Shanghai in 2015 and now is happening in NYU campuses around the world. Check out more GoGreen Week events here.